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My chickens keep flying over the fence

post #1 of 7
5/5/12 at 12:59pm
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I live in the Bay Area San Francisco. And I don't seem to be able to manage my chickens they keep flying over the fence
Is there a place in the bay area they will take my chickens?

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post #2 of 7
5/5/12 at 3:11pm

Wait.. what do you want to do? get rid of them because they kept flying over the fence?

Homers,Satinettes,Russian tumblers, Coturnix quail and soon Indian Fantails

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Homers,Satinettes,Russian tumblers, Coturnix quail and soon Indian Fantails

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post #3 of 7
5/7/12 at 8:29pm

Clip the long feathers
 

Our urban farm family consists of 1 dog, 2 cats, 10 chickens-3 black orpington, 2 ameracauna (1 blue and 1 black), 3 blr wyandottes (2 splash and 1 blue), 2 lavendar orpingtons, and a rabbit.

 

http://bullcreekmanor.wordpress.com/

 

 

 

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Our urban farm family consists of 1 dog, 2 cats, 10 chickens-3 black orpington, 2 ameracauna (1 blue and 1 black), 3 blr wyandottes (2 splash and 1 blue), 2 lavendar orpingtons, and a rabbit.

 

http://bullcreekmanor.wordpress.com/

 

 

 

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post #4 of 7
5/8/12 at 5:02am

You can either clip the flight feathers on 1 wing or fence the top of your run. I live in town & I do both. Each bird has 1 wing clipped & all of my runs are fenced top & bottom. The only time I have escapees is when my son leaves the door open. But they never go more than a few feet from the run & all I have to do is herd them back around it to the gate.

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post #5 of 7
5/8/12 at 5:09am
We built a covered run for them. Yes they fly pretty high depending the breed. You can clip one side of their flight feathers. There's a lot of info online how to do this.

Here's our run.
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post #6 of 7
5/8/12 at 5:45am

Run an on Craigslist.  It sounds to me that you'd rather just be done.  Hope you find them a good home.

 

 

Practicing Sustainable Agriculture At The 45th Parallel

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Practicing Sustainable Agriculture At The 45th Parallel

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post #7 of 7
5/9/12 at 6:31am

If you want to keep them, get some inexpensive deer netting (7 ft.*100ft) for about $20-25 and cover your area.  It's light and can be cut as long as you want it. Secure to fence with nylon ties etc.

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